Album:Pretty Hate Machine
Length:4:47
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Versions:The Only Time
The Only Time (PF Version)
The Only Time (PF Version)
Live:Pre-Hate (1988) through Self-Destruct (1994)
Retired, but parts are used in the breakdown during Closer on the Live: With Teeth tour
Retired, but parts are used in the breakdown during Closer on the Live: With Teeth tour
About
The Only Time is the ninth track on the 1989 release Pretty Hate Machine.It's a rather dancable track about new experiences and indulging in the dirty side of life.
Song Credits
- Production: Trent Reznor, Keith LeBlanc, John Fryer
- Engineering: John Fryer, Keith LeBlanc, Kennan Keating, Ken Quartarone
- Mix: Keith LeBlanc
Appearances
Versions
The Only Time
This is the final album version.
The Only Time (Purest Feeling Version)
Coming soon.
Live
Last performed during the Self-Destruct Tour, the song has pushed its way back to the surface, the melody being used for an interpolation/breakdown during the final verse of "Closer" on the Live: With Teeth tour. It is unclear if it'll be played live again, though.
Lyrics
I’m drunk
And right now I’m so in love with you
And I don’t want to think too much about what we should or shouldn’t do
Lay my hands on Heaven and the sun and the moon and the stars
While the Devil wants to fuck me in the back of his car
Nothing quite like the feel of something new
Maybe I’m all messed up
Maybe I’m all messed up in you
But this is the only time I really feel alive
This is the only time I really feel alive
I swear
I just found everything I need
The sweat in your eyes the blood in your veins are listening to me
Well I want to drink it up and swim in it until I drown
My moral standing is lying down
Nothing quite like the feel of something new
Maybe I’m all messed up
Maybe I’m all messed up in you
But this is the only time I really feel alive
This is the only time I really feel alive
I can’t help thinking Christ never had it like this